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3-Player 3-Strategy Nash Equilibruim of Party’s Presidential Primaries in the Build-Up to 2023 General Elections in Nigeria

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The research formulated a political game model of All Progressive Congress (APC) Party Contestants for the Presidential Primaries in order to determine the best possible candidate who would be presented by the Party for winning the 2023 General Election in Nigeria. The method of solution involved Nash equilibrium which yielded a pure Nash result of Propaganda, Consultation and Youth mobilization Strategies for Yahaya Bello, Ahmed Bola Tinubu and Yemi Osinbajo respectively. The study concluded that, the outcome of the Party’s primaries which produced Ahmed Bola Tinubu as its flag bearer was consistent with the model’s result. Because, Ahmed Bola Tinubu did a lot of deep consultation with stakeholders while Yahaya Bello’s best response was propaganda as Osibanjo was preferred by the Youth of the Party.

Source: International Journal of Development Mathematics (IJDM)

DOI: 10.62054/ijdm/0103.18

Authors: EZRA DZARMA, Ngutor Nyor, Idayat F. Usamot, Abdulmumin A. Chado

Institutions: Federal University of Technology Minna, University of Ilorin

Language: English

Topic: Electoral Systems and Political Participation

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4402417302

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